Four Remedial Reading Interventions: Corrective Reading, Failure Free Reading, Spell Read P.A.T., and Wilson Reading System
Intervention Details
Subject
English Language ArtsAcademic Program
General EducationDuration
About 6 months (from the first week of November 2003 through the first weeks in May 2004)Grades
3, 5Personnel
General Education Teacher, Instructional Aide, Special Education Teacher, Other
Intervention Summary
The document discusses four reading interventions: Corrective Reading, Failure Free Reading, Spell Read Phonological Auditory Training (P.A.T.), and Wilson Reading System, Third Edition. Corrective Reading is a program that uses scripted lessons to improve the efficiency of instruction and maximize opportunities for students to respond and receive feedback. Failure Free Reading is a computer-based program that uses a combination of computer-based lessons, workbook exercises, and teacher-led instruction to teach sight vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. Spell Read P.A.T. is a program that provides systematic and explicit fluency-oriented instruction in phonemic awareness and phonics, along with everyday experiences in reading and writing for meaning. Wilson Reading System, Third Edition is a program that uses direct, multi-sensory, structured teaching based on the Orton-Gillingham methodology to teach sounds to automaticity, present the structure of language in a systematic, cumulative manner, and teach and reinforce concepts with visual-auditory-kinesthetic
Grades
3, 5Personnel
General Education Teacher, Instructional Aide, Special Education Teacher, OtherStatistical Finding Summary
Positive effect on phonemic decoding skills
Positive effect on reading accuracy and fluency
Positive effect on reading comprehension
Source
Allen, S., Cinthia, H., David, M., Donna, D., Elizabeth, S., Fran, S., Joseph, T., Rosanne, J., Sonya, V. & Wendy, M. (2006). National Assessment of Title I: Interim Report. Volume II: Closing the Reading Gap: First Year Findings from a Randomized Trial of Four Reading Interventions for Striving Readers. NCEE 2006-4002 (ED491144). ERIC. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED491144.pdf.
Data Sample by Population
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